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• _______________ is a tall building.
• _______________ is a taller building.
• _______________ is the tallest building.
EQ: How do I identify and write the comparative and superlative form of
adjectives?
• Vocabulary– adjective – comparative – superlative
Think Pair Share
What are comparative and superlative
adjectives? Write your answer in your
Journal.
Discuss your answer with the person sitting
next to you.
Pick the correct choice.
1. The Nile River is (long, longer, longest).
2. The Nile River is (long, longer, longest) than the Mississippi River.
3. The Nile River is the (long, longer, longest) river in the world.
How do I identify and write the comparative and superlative form of adjectives?
The Mongol soldiers of the fourteenth
century were fiercer than those of the
seventeenth century. The soldiers in
Genghis Khan’s army may have been the
fiercest soldiers of all.
How do I identify and write the comparative and superlative form of adjectives?
In the seventeenth century, the Manchus
were more aggressive than the Mongols.
Did they send their most aggressive forces
to take control of the Forbidden City?
How do I identify and write the comparative and superlative form of adjectives?
Guided Practice: 1. The emperors of China built additions to
the Great Wall in places where the likelihood of attack was the (great) __________.
2. Earthen walls were (weak) _________ than walls of brick.
3. Building a brick wall was (complicated) ________ than building an earthen wall.
How do I identify and write the comparative and superlative form of adjectives?
• 4. most skillful
• 5. smallest
• 6. most significant
Definition
Comparative adjectives are used to compare two nouns.
Characteristics/Rules
Example Non-Example
Comparative Adjectives
DefinitionComparative adjectives are used to compare two nouns.
Characteristics/Rules
-Add –er to most adjectives to compare two nouns.
- Use more with long adjectives
Example Non-ExampleComparative Adjectives
DefinitionComparative adjectives are used to compare two nouns.
Characteristics/Rules
-Add –er to most adjectives to compare two nouns.
- Use more with long adjectives
Example-taller-smaller-more significant-more likely
Non-Example-tall, tallest-small, smallest-most significant-most likely
Comparative Adjectives
Definition
Superlative adjectives compare three or more nouns.
Characteristics/Rules
-Add –est to most adjectives to compare three or more nouns.
-Use most with long adjectives.
Example-tallest-smallest-most significant-most likely
Non-Example-taller-smaller-more significant-more likely
Superlative Adjectives
Assignment:
1. Using the story The Great Wall (page 391-401) identify examples of comparative and superlative adjectives. Write your examples on the back of your worksheet (include the page number).
Comparative page number
Superlative
Page number
Stronger (392)
Homework
• Write 3 sentences using comparative adjectives.
• Write 3 sentences using superlative sentences.
Ticket Out The Door
1. Tell me how many things a comparative adjective compares.
2. Tell me how many things the superlative form of an adjective compares.
3. Write three examples of each.Comparative
Superlative
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